Match preview: Folkestone Invicta expected to beat East Thurrock United at The Fullicks Stadium

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Competition: England Non League Premier: Isthmian
Competition: Tue 01.March
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: The Fullicks Stadium (4000 seats)

Non League Premier: Isthmian: High-level versus modest, at least that's what the table says. Folkestone Invicta - East Thurrock United. Home win or a shock result?

Insights:
  • Folkestone Invicta have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • East Thurrock United have the most conceded goals (74) in Non League Premier: Isthmian

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Folkestone Invicta and East Thurrock United.

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Folkestone Invicta form and stats

Folkestone Invicta have performed here at The Fullicks Stadium this season with 10 wins from 16 Non League Premier: Isthmian matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 6 games and lost 0. In general it's been a long time since Folkestone Invicta tasted defeat here at The Fullicks Stadium, as they have taken at least one point from their last 16 home games in the league.

Folkestone are confident in defense, having played 180 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Folkestone Invicta's last game was hosting Bognor Regis Town (placed 11th) and winning 1-0.

Ahead of that match, Folkestone won a home game hosting Cray Wanderers (1-0).

Folkestone Invicta are believed to win this game, given a winning chance of about 70% by the bookmakers. We have checked our records for their performance in similar circumstances and found eight matches and the win/draw/lost stats: Won six, drew two and lost zero.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Folkestone Invicta as they are travelling to their away game against Kingstonian in the Non League Premier: Isthmian. That match is four days after this one.

Goals decide football matches and Folkestone are scoring many of them at home; 38 on target from 16 league matches. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Folkestone Invicta have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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East Thurrock United form and stats

East Thurrock United have only collected 7 points from their away games in the Non League Premier: Isthmian, after 2-1-12 (15 played). Bitter travels for East Thurrock United as they have lost five games in a row away from home. The last time they avoided an away-from-home loss was the Kingstonian match.

The supporters enjoyed Thurrock's previous game versus Carshalton Athletic (placed 9th), a 1-0 win played at home.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against AFC Hornchurch wasn't a success with a 0-6 loss.

We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where East Thurrock United played away with similar odds. This revealed six games. The visitors overcame the odds to win one time, zero were draws and the home team won as expected five times.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the East Thurrock United manager Coventry as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Enfield Town.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Thurrock as they have only managed to score 14 times from 15 away games in the league. There are big problems for the East Thurrock United defense as they have conceded 46 goals in 15 away games. East Thurrock United has visited these top teams five times, and 4 of 5 has ended with 2 goals or more!

Head 2 Head

The duelists have played earlier this season: East Thurrock United - Folkestone 1-1. Last nine meetings involving these participants: Folkestone Invicta won six, East Thurrock United were winners in one and we saw two draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with less than 2,5 goals.

Folkestone Invicta missing players

East Thurrock United missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Folkestone Invicta East Thurrock United
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
30 16 7 Played P 5 15 29
16 10 6 Won W 0 2 5
9 6 1 Drew D 0 1 6
5 0 0 Lost L 5 12 18
65 38 23 Scored S 5 14 29
37 11 4 Conceded C 18 46 74
87% 81% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
73% 62% 71% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 93% 90%
63% 56% 71% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 87% 66%
53% 44% 57% Over 3.5 O 3.5 80% 60% 48%
37% 31% 43% Over 4.5 O 4.5 80% 47% 31%
53% 50% 43% BTTS BTTS 60% 60% 59%
40% 50% 57% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 14%
20% 19% 0% Failed to Score F T 40% 33% 31%
 
3.4 3.5 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 0 2.4 3.3
2.7 2 1.4 Corners against (avg) C A 0 4.3 4.1
0.9 0.9 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 0 0.6 0.9
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
8.5 8.9 11.4 Shots (avg) S ( 0 5 6.2
3.9 4.3 5.4 Shots on Target (avg) S O 0 2.4 2.8
61% 60% 74% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 29% 38%
 
5.8 5.6 5 Shots against (avg) S A 0 8.6 8.5
2.8 3.2 2.4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 0 4.1 3.1
Key stats in Non League Premier: Isthmian this season:
  • East Thurrock United have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • East Thurrock United have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • East Thurrock United have the fewest points (7) away in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • East Thurrock United have the most conceded goals (46) away in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • East Thurrock United have the most conceded goals (74) in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • East Thurrock United have the most conceded goals in the first half (34) in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • East Thurrock United have the the worst goal difference (-32) away in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • East Thurrock United have the the worst goal difference (-45) in Non League Premier: Isthmian
  • East Thurrock United have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • East Thurrock United haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Folkestone Invicta have not yet lost a game at home.
  • Folkestone Invicta have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Folkestone Invicta have scored more than double the goals of East Thurrock United.
  • Folkestone Invicta have the most clean sheets (8) at home in Non League Premier: Isthmian

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Worthing 31 22 4 5 80 38 17 14 1 2 47 17 14 8 3 3 33 21 42 70
2 Bishop's Stortford 32 17 11 4 66 31 15 9 5 1 39 18 17 8 6 3 27 13 35 62
3 Enfield Town 32 18 5 9 72 49 15 11 1 3 31 16 17 7 4 6 41 33 23 59
4 AFC Hornchurch 30 18 4 8 60 29 15 11 1 3 33 11 15 7 3 5 27 18 31 58
5 Folkestone Invicta 30 16 9 5 65 37 16 10 6 0 38 11 14 6 3 5 27 26 28 57
6 Lewes 31 17 6 8 72 46 15 9 3 3 34 19 16 8 3 5 38 27 26 57
7 Margate 31 14 7 10 48 46 17 10 3 4 30 23 14 4 4 6 18 23 2 49
8 Kingstonian 32 15 4 13 53 53 15 9 2 4 31 20 17 6 2 9 22 33 0 49
9 Carshalton Athletic 31 13 8 10 55 38 15 9 2 4 34 18 16 4 6 6 21 20 17 47
10 Cheshunt 27 13 6 8 43 28 15 7 3 5 23 13 12 6 3 3 20 15 15 45
11 Bognor Regis Town 29 10 11 8 45 42 14 5 5 4 23 23 15 5 6 4 22 19 3 41
12 Corinthian-Casuals 30 10 9 11 39 43 15 5 4 6 17 17 15 5 5 5 22 26 -4 39
13 Horsham 31 10 8 13 48 45 16 5 6 5 27 24 15 5 2 8 21 21 3 38
14 Potters Bar Town 28 11 3 14 42 56 13 5 1 7 21 29 15 6 2 7 21 27 -14 36
15 Haringey Borough 31 8 11 12 46 57 17 5 8 4 34 30 14 3 3 8 12 27 -11 35
16 Wingate & Finchley 33 9 7 17 47 62 17 5 5 7 28 26 16 4 2 10 19 36 -15 34
17 Bowers & Pitsea 31 8 6 17 34 51 16 3 2 11 16 28 15 5 4 6 18 23 -17 30
18 Merstham 30 9 3 18 35 54 14 5 3 6 22 19 16 4 0 12 13 35 -19 30
19 Cray Wanderers 32 8 7 17 46 60 15 4 3 8 27 29 17 4 4 9 19 31 -14 28
20 Brightlingsea Regent 30 8 4 18 30 73 14 5 0 9 15 38 16 3 4 9 15 35 -43 28
21 East Thurrock United 29 5 6 18 29 74 14 3 5 6 15 28 15 2 1 12 14 46 -45 21
22 Leatherhead 31 4 7 20 29 72 16 0 4 12 9 33 15 4 3 8 20 39 -43 19

Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Worthing 31 22 4 5 80 38 17 14 1 2 47 17 14 8 3 3 33 21 42 70
2 Bishop's Stortford 32 17 11 4 66 31 15 9 5 1 39 18 17 8 6 3 27 13 35 62
3 Enfield Town 32 18 5 9 72 49 15 11 1 3 31 16 17 7 4 6 41 33 23 59
4 AFC Hornchurch 30 18 4 8 60 29 15 11 1 3 33 11 15 7 3 5 27 18 31 58
5 Folkestone Invicta 30 16 9 5 65 37 16 10 6 0 38 11 14 6 3 5 27 26 28 57
6 Lewes 31 17 6 8 72 46 15 9 3 3 34 19 16 8 3 5 38 27 26 57
7 Margate 31 14 7 10 48 46 17 10 3 4 30 23 14 4 4 6 18 23 2 49
8 Kingstonian 32 15 4 13 53 53 15 9 2 4 31 20 17 6 2 9 22 33 0 49
9 Carshalton Athletic 31 13 8 10 55 38 15 9 2 4 34 18 16 4 6 6 21 20 17 47
10 Cheshunt 27 13 6 8 43 28 15 7 3 5 23 13 12 6 3 3 20 15 15 45
11 Bognor Regis Town 29 10 11 8 45 42 14 5 5 4 23 23 15 5 6 4 22 19 3 41
12 Corinthian-Casuals 30 10 9 11 39 43 15 5 4 6 17 17 15 5 5 5 22 26 -4 39
13 Horsham 31 10 8 13 48 45 16 5 6 5 27 24 15 5 2 8 21 21 3 38
14 Potters Bar Town 28 11 3 14 42 56 13 5 1 7 21 29 15 6 2 7 21 27 -14 36
15 Haringey Borough 31 8 11 12 46 57 17 5 8 4 34 30 14 3 3 8 12 27 -11 35
16 Wingate & Finchley 33 9 7 17 47 62 17 5 5 7 28 26 16 4 2 10 19 36 -15 34
17 Bowers & Pitsea 31 8 6 17 34 51 16 3 2 11 16 28 15 5 4 6 18 23 -17 30
18 Merstham 30 9 3 18 35 54 14 5 3 6 22 19 16 4 0 12 13 35 -19 30
19 Cray Wanderers 32 8 7 17 46 60 15 4 3 8 27 29 17 4 4 9 19 31 -14 28
20 Brightlingsea Regent 30 8 4 18 30 73 14 5 0 9 15 38 16 3 4 9 15 35 -43 28
21 East Thurrock United 29 5 6 18 29 74 14 3 5 6 15 28 15 2 1 12 14 46 -45 21
22 Leatherhead 31 4 7 20 29 72 16 0 4 12 9 33 15 4 3 8 20 39 -43 19

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